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The OAD Clinic
Blog: Insights and Updates on Addiction Treatment and Mental Health
Dr Oscar D'Agnone, MD, MRCPsych.
Sep 29, 20238 min read
Effective Treatments and Medications for Adult ADHD
These are the 10 FAQ about Adult ADHD treatment, including medications, therapy, CBT, mindfulness, prognosis and life issues.
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Jan 24, 20235 min read
Overcoming Fear and Addiction
When I tell people that I've been sober for more than 20 years, they usually offer congratulations with a comment such as “we admire your...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Dec 20, 20224 min read
The Ideal of Abstinence
Alcohol treatment practitioners have different views on abstinence. Some take the approach that it’s possible to have a goal of...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Nov 16, 20224 min read
Grief and Addiction
In 1969, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross described the five stages of grief. In my experience, these also characterise aspects of confronting...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Oct 18, 20225 min read
The Quest for Peace
All of us, presumably, would like to be at peace. Most alcoholics and drug users are restless. They can’t sit still. They’re not...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Aug 16, 20224 min read
The Existence of a Brotherhood
In an earlier blog, we briefly commented on how Special Forces (SF) use meditation techniques as part of training and preparation (see...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Jun 14, 20224 min read
Suffering and the Search for Meaning
Suffering is part of what it is to be human. The “art of living” (Discourses of Epictetus, 1.15.3) is in large part how we cope with...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Apr 5, 20224 min read
Choose Life
We hear the cry of many, and perhaps we have done it ourselves on occasion – “what is the point of it all?” We do it when we are sick,...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Feb 5, 20224 min read
Inordinate Desire and Excessive Appetite
Alcoholics can’t stop at just the one drink. Whatever the good intentions, one drink is followed by another until oblivion is reached. It...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Sep 3, 20214 min read
Meditation and Addiction Recovery
In an earlier blog from last year, called Be Still – Mindfulness in Lockdown, we talked about how lockdown was an opportunity to stop...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
Jun 2, 20214 min read
Motivation, Discipline and Reward
Alcoholics and drug users find it tough to stick to a treatment programme. Motivation comes and goes. Discipline is something different....
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The OAD Clinic
Jul 6, 20204 min read
The Brain and Addiction - Part III
Do we have three brains? Now we know that in the early century XX neuroscientists were able to understand the roots of some of Jon’s...
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The OAD Clinic
Jun 1, 20204 min read
The Brain and Addiction - Part II
Reptilians Among Us Late in the morning in April 1899 Christfried was crossing the cobbled central square of Erlangen, in Bayern. His...
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The OAD Clinic
May 25, 20204 min read
The Brain and Addiction - Part I
I want to vs I have to You know what you have to do, but you can’t help doing the opposite. How many times have you been there? Don’t...
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The OAD Clinic
Nov 8, 20195 min read
Exploring the Mechanism of Maintenance Therapy
Understanding Opioids Over the past few decades, much has been revealed about opioid dependence that has shaped our comprehension of...
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